What's Olde!

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- The 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows
A look at how Knightmare performed on this Channel 4 programme shown in August 2001. Includes screen-shots, video clip and a transcript of what was said.

In 'The Eye Shield' Section...

- TES Issue 11
Jake Collins has written Issue 11 (September) of 'The Eye Shield' fanzine.

- BBK: Updated Responses
New responses from Anglia, Fox Kids and Channel 5. Thanks to everyone else who forwarded a response they got. I haven't put them all up because some replies are similar to previous ones from the same channel.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- Knews Update
Knews on Hugo Myatt in pantomime, Mark Knight signs the Guestbook, The 100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows, and other bits and bobs.

Other Stuff...

Click to read various recent messages from Knightmare contestants:
Vaughan Simpson from Series 2, Team 10 signed the Guestbook
Gavin Gillespie from Series 3, Team 1 got in contact
Simon Herd from Series 7, Team 1 signed the Guestbook

David Copper's trip to Robin Hood's Bay uncovers some Knightmare books!

Interactive Knightmare RPG Latest...

The RPG was postponed for the last few weeks due to technical problems. However, it is due to return next Sunday 18th November at 7.25pm and then every week as usual. The season will be extended by 4 weeks into the new year to compensate for the postponed weeks.

Quick Links...

The Voiceshrine: Knightmare
Download a Knightmare voice pack for use with Unreal Tournament, created by Rainecloud.

Knightmare Ring tones
Tom Murphy's site with details on how to program a Knightmare ring tone for your Nokia mobile phone.

The Watchers of Illusion
A Yahoo! Club for fans of Knightmare set up by Gemma.

Knightmare: Can you beat the challenge?
This is an old site set up by Chris Myst which is an on-line adventure game of the first Knightmare book.

'We Want Knightmare Back on ITV' Petition
The petition continues, make sure you sign it.

Quick Thanks...

To the following people for pointing out various mistakes over the last few months, or providing additional detail, which have now been corrected/added to the site. Feedback is always appreciated by e-mail.

Kieran, Billy Hicks, Forester, Ed Gorgen, Karl, Erica, Richard Sanderson, Daniel Lawrence and Daniel Pridham.

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

The third year of the Interactive Knightmare RPG begins on Sunday September 9th 2001 from 7.30pm in the chat room.  You can now apply to take part in teams of 2 or 3 people, or you are welcome to just come along to watch the quests.

- More RPG Information

- Parts 11 - 13 of the Making of RPG Season Three - Interviews with participants Gareth and Lucy, and Adam Battersby - the man behind the RPG.

- Advert and Theme music for this year's RPG

Quick Knews...

Channel 4's '100 Greatest Kid's TV Shows' will be broadcast next Monday (27th August) from 8.30pm - 12.05am!, and will be presented by Jamie Theakston.

Of course, so many people voted for Knightmare on the Channel 4 website, and now its time to see what position it ends up!

What position do you think Knightmare will be on Channel 4's '100 Greatest Kid's TV Shows'? VOTE NOW in the first Knightmare Quick Vote!

In the 'Knews' Section...

- Loads of Knightmare Knews!
Return of the greater game? And loads of information on Knightmare actor appearances all over the place. 

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Transworld catalogue scan of the Knightmare books
Something I found the other day - a 1990/1991 'Children & Young Adults' catalogue from Transworld Publishers featuring the first three Knightmare books for mail order. It also contains a bit about the author, Dave Morris.

Incidentally on the same page of the catalogue (not shown) features 'The Andy Crane Multi-Media Quiz Book', 'The Phillip Schofield Fun File' books and the 'New Kid's on the Block: official autobiography'!

In 'The Eye Shield' Section

- Knew Issue of TES!
Jake Collins (a former TES contributor) has written a brand new issue of 'The Eye Shield', this time only available online and not in the printed form of its previous incarnation.

In 'The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare' Section

- Another reply from CiTV
Don't get too excited...

Quick Links...

Knightmare Caption Competition
Forester's weekly Knightmare caption competition has returned.

Lord Fear's Domain: The Quest [Site now changed]
James Aukett's site with an interactive quest based on the early Knightmare game books and dungeons.

The Knightmare Challenge
Ali Everett's site with another interactive quest based on the first Knightmare book - 'Can you beat the challenge?'

Knightmare: The Digital Dungeon [Site now closed]
The new address for Jon Harris's site with information on the Knightmare game he is developing, and some Knightmare Life Force icons you can download.

The Hyphen Boyd Foundation
Duncan's site containing information on Children's ITV presenters Tommy Boyd and Glenn Kinsley, plus some audio downloads of Knightmare on the radio.

And Finally...

Thanks to Fay - one of the advisors from the first team of Series 5 (the Bee team!), who dropped by the Message Forum the other day to share their 10th anniversary of filming on Knightmare (it was a decade ago this week!):

"I can't believe it's been that long. The memories have dimmed with time, but I can still remember what fun it was, even if we were the first team to lose a dungeoneer on a causeway (by a mere couple of inches - grrrrr!). Long live Team 1, Series 5!!!".

In the 'Knews' Section...

- Knews Items
Vote for Knightmare in Channel 4's '100 Greatest Kid's TV Shows'. 
Also knews on John Woodnutt (Merlin).

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Part 10 of the Making of RPG Season Three
A video clip of 'An Interview with Melanie'' - one of the participants of the Interactive Knightmare RPG. The RPG will return in September 2001. More RPG Information.

More anagrams of 'Knightmare'?... (this time with all the letters!)

HANG KERMIT
THE RAM KING
MARK THE GIN
THINK GAMER !

Thanks again to LORD FEAR (James Aukett). Don't forget to vote for Knightmare in Channel 4's '100 Greatest Kid's TV Shows'! http://www.channel4.com/greatest/kidstv/

In the 'Pictures' Section...

- Knightmare - Behind the scenes - Series 5, Team 4

The story of the winning team

Around 125 photos and scans describing this team's trip to the Knightmare auditions, and their visit to Norwich to film their quest in the Anglia studios back in 1991!

This is a fascinating insight into what Knightmare teams really went through, including the whole process of being auditioned, invited to take part, sorting out travel, hotels, explaining the rules of the game and the touring the studio after their quest.

A HUGE thanks to Ray Lockton, team leader and advisor of this team for the photos.

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Part 9 of the Making of RPG Season Three*
A video clip showing 'A Dungeoneer's View' - one of the participants of the Interactive Knightmare RPG talks about the application procedure and hints while playing the game. The RPG will return in September 2001. More RPG Information.

*Correction to the Mailing List e-mail: Part 10 is due next week

In the 'Knightmare - Children's ITV' Section...

- Scans of old newspaper TV schedules
Thanks to the microfilm newspaper facility at the library, I have printed out some old TV schedules from 'The Times', all from dates of which a new Knightmare series began. Its interesting to see what else was on at the time!

Monday 7th September 1987
BBC 1  BBC 2  ITV (London)  Channel 4

Monday 5th September 1988
BBC 1  BBC 2  ITV (London)  Channel 4

Friday 8th September 1989
BBC 1  BBC 2  ITV (London)  Channel 4  Regional Variations

Friday 7th September 1990
BBC 1  BBC 2  ITV (London)  Channel 4

Talking of libraries... many public libraries still have copies of Knightmare books available for loan in the children's section (so you have to be under 16 to take them out, obviously :-). Worth having a look if you want.

In the 'Knightmare Adventurer's Club' Section...

- Pre-launch Club Flyer scan
- Welcome Letter scan
Thanks to Ray Lockton (*a lot* more from him next week...) :-)

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Knightmare: The Unwelcome (Part 3)
Part 3 of the Knightmare Fan Fiction by Stephen Reid.

In the 'Knews' Section...

- Knews Item on Hugo Myatt (Treguard)

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Part 8 of the Making of RPG Season Three
A video clip showing 'An Interview with Jeff' - one of the participants of the forthcoming season of the Interactive Knightmare RPG, due to start in September 2001. More RPG Information.

Quick anagram of 'Knightmare'?... (without the 'h')

Okay, I'll get my coat... :-)
Thanks to LORD FEAR in the Message Forum for the word.

Quick Thanks...

Thanks also to the following people for pointing out various minor additions/corrections to the site: 
Karl, Duncan, Billy Hicks, Daniel Lawrence, John Kent

Quick Link...

Don't forget to sign the 'We Want Knightmare Back on ITV' Petition
Mark O' Doherty's own Bring Back Knightmare petition.

Quick Note...

MAJOR UPDATE DUE NEXT WEEK!

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Parts 6 and 7 of the Making of RPG Season Three
Adam Battersby provides further parts of the video clips showing the preparations for the forthcoming season of the Interactive Knightmare RPG, due to start in September 2001.

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Knightmare: The Unwelcome (Part 2)
Part 2 of the Knightmare Fan Fiction by Stephen Reid.

In the 'Pictures' Section...

- Life Force Death Animation (Flash)
If it does not work, you will need to download and install the Macromedia Flash Player. Thanks to Lance Paterson of the angliatv.com web team.

Note to those people waiting for the 'Shadow of the Technomancer' Flash game on the Anglia Gold: Knightmare website: They are getting round to it, but what with the recent Anglia/Granada merger and staff changes, it will have to wait until there is enough time to dedicate to it, so please be patient!

Quick Links...

'We Want Knightmare Back on ITV' Petition
Mark O' Doherty has created his own bring back Knightmare petition, and you can sign and view entries there.

Don't Have Knightmares...
Review of Knightmare by Adam Westwood.

Damian's Gamebook Web Page: Knightmare
Review of the Knightmare books by Demian Katz.

Michael Cule: Biographical Details
Biographical details of actor Michael Cule, who played 'Brother Mace' in Knightmare, and a villain in TimeBusters!

Audrey Jenkinson: Biographical Details
Biographical details of actress Audrey Jenkinson, who played 'Gretel' in Knightmare.

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Parts 4 and 5 of the Making of RPG Season Three

Adam Battersby provides the forth and fifth parts of the video clips showing the preparations for the forthcoming season of the Interactive Knightmare RPG, due to start in September 2001.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- David Learner (Pickle)

In the 'Clips' Section...

Thanks to Daniel Lawrence for two more MIDI files of the Knightmare theme. 

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Parts 2 and 3 of the Making of RPG Season Three
Adam Battersby provides the second and third parts of the video clips showing the preparations for the forthcoming season of the Interactive Knightmare RPG, due to start in September 2001.

In the Guestbook...

Another Knightmare contestant has signed the Guestbook! - Barry, the dungeoneer from the second team to win Series 7 of Knightmare.

Quick Links...

Knightmare Spectrum Game Cover
A full scan of the cassette inlay card for the Spectrum edition of the 1998 Activison Knightmare game.

EnigmaQuest
Interactive puzzle adventure site by Shalim Khan.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- Bits of Knews
Knews on Tommy Boyd, Emmerdale, Tomorrow's World, The Bill, Techno Games, Televirtual and this site... all related to Knightmare somehow.

In the 'Clips' Section...

Liam's second remix of the theme incorporating sound effects and character and team voices from Knightmare. 

In the 'Knightmare Adventurer's Club' Section...

- Scan of Knightmare Pen
A scan of the 1991 Knightmare Adventurer's Club pen which I found the other day. Also there was a pack of 4 colouring pens, encased in a clear plastic wallet with the Frightknight logo printed in black, but that didn't scan in very well.

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Knightmare: The Unwelcome
Knightmare Fan Fiction by Stephen Reid.

- Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe
More information on the French Knightmare (in English). 

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

- Session 13 Log: 03.12.00
- Session 14 Log: 10.12.00
- Session 15 Log: 17.12.00
Logs of the three remaining RPG sessions from November/December 2000 have been added, along with pictures as used in the Magic Mirror during the quests.

- The Making of Season Three
Adam Battersby provides some video clips on the preparations for the forthcoming season of the Interactive Knightmare RPG, due to start in September 2001.

In the 'Auditions' Pages...

- Paul Boland
Paul Boland writes about his experiences of being the first team from Ireland to be auditioned for Knightmare. Written September 1999 in the Guestbook.

In 'TES - Bring Back Knightmare' Section...

- Another Response from ITV

In the Guestbook...

The Guestbook was signed today by a Knightmare contestant from Series 8, so you might want to check that out.

Next update may not be for a while... remember you can join the mailing list (ee top of this page) if you would like to be notified.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- Two Knews Items

A bit about the new site design, and Joanne Heywood.

In the 'Pictures' Section...

Loads of new pictures! Including two exclusives!:

Mark Cordory - the original designer and sculptor of Smirkenorff has sent me a few interesting photographs and information of the dragon's creation and operation:
- Mark Cordory's Smirkenorff Pictures

Thanks to Lance Paterson at Anglia TV for the following photos, showing the
Anglia TV awards cabinet (complete with a Snowman and Christmas tree!), and a close-up of Knightmare's bronze medal from the Youth Category of the New York Film & TV Festival Awards 1988:
- Anglia TV's Awards Cabinet
- One of Knightmare's Awards

Sidriss Starshine has sent me another scan from an article on the Knightmare Series 5 characters from 'Look In' magazine:
- Look In - Series 5

And thanks to James scanning in this picture of Bodiam Castle (one of the castles features in Knightmare scenes) from 'See Inside a Castle' book:
- Bodiam Castle

In the 'Reviews' Section...

I have taken the best questions from the site's two Votecasters and combined them into one. Some questions have been removed, and you can see the results here:
- Old Votecaster Results

If you have never voted before, then why not vote now!

In the 'Clips' Section...

A couple of new re-mixes of the Knightmare theme tune:

Quick Links...

Internet Movie Database: Knightmare
See Knightmare's entry in the Internet Movie Database.

Castle Abbeys and Medieval Buildings
Michael Cook's website dedicated to medieval UK buildings. Features many photos and information on several castles features in Knightmare, including Bodiam Castle, Castle Acre and Priory and Castle Rising.

Cromakey / Blue Screen
Some information on the Cromakey (Blue Screen) technique used to produce the Knightmare scenes.

That's all for now. I'll try and not leave it too long until the next update! I hope you like the new site design, please e-mail me if you have any feedback.

If you are wondering about what's happening to the Bring Back Knightmare petition, click here to find out.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- Four Knews Items
Includes news on Hugo Myatt in pantomime, new Knightmare pages on the Anglia Television website, Knightmare on Radio 2 and Robot Wars.

In the 'Audio & Video Clips' Section...

Thanks to Chris Doughty and Adam Battersby for the following two new MIDI sound files of the Knightmare theme tune. Chris's one is based on the Series 4-5 opening theme.

In the 'Reviews' Section...

Thanks to Martin Odoni for the following:
- Top Ten reasons why you know you're obsessed with Knightmare
- Top Ten reasons why Lord Fear was a better villain than Mogdred
- Top Ten reasons why Mogdred was a better villain than Lord Fear

Thanks to Sidriss Starshine who has provided the following from the Mindscape 1992 Knightmare computer game:
- Full text from the back of the game box
- Scan of the front of the box
- Scan of the back of the box
- Scan of Pickle giving hints in the manual (above a scroll)
- Scan of Treguard & Pickle in the antechamber
- Scan of Treguard standing outside Dunshelm Castle

A great story added to the Knightmare Board Game page, on how someone recently managed to buy the board game for only £1 from a charity shop. Yes!
- Board Game Availability

In the 'TES - Bring Back Knightmare' Section...

-  28 BBK Petition Comments
-  2 Responses from Challenge TV and Sci-Fi
- Petition Total Update
The BBK section has been re-structured slightly. From now on only selected comments submitted with a petition entry will be included on the comments page.

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

Logs of the last 5 Knightmare Interactive RPG sessions have been added, along with pictures as used in the Magic Mirror during the quests.
- Session 8: 29th October 2000
- Session 9: 5th November 2000
- Session 10: 12th November 2000
- Session 11: 19th November 2000
- Session 12: 26th November 2000

The Interactive Knightmare RPG runs every Sunday from 7.30pm in the Knightmare Chat Room. More RPG Information. The last RPG session of the current season will be on Sunday 24th December 2000.

Quick Links...

- Anglia Television's KNIGHTMARE pages
http://www.angliatv.com/angliagold

- Another review of the Mindscape (1992) Knightmare Amiga computer game
http://www.angusm.demon.co.uk/AGDB/DBA1/Knightm.html Merry Christmas and Happy New Millennium to everyone!

In the 'Interactive Knightmare RPG' Section...

Logs of the last 6 Knightmare Interactive RPG sessions have been added, along with pictures as used in the Magic Mirror during the quests.
- Session 2: 17th September 2000
- Session 3: 24th September 2000
- Session 4: 1st October 2000
- Session 5: 8th October 2000
- Session 6: 15th October 2000
- Session 7: 22nd October 2000

The Interactive Knightmare RPG runs every Sunday from 7.30pm in the Knightmare Chat Room. If you are interested in finding out more, please see More RPG Information.

In the 'TES - Bring Back Knightmare' Section...

- Petition Total Update
-  32 BBK Comments
My apologies to everyone who has submitted a Bring Back Knightmare or Petition comment since the last update - there have been very many and I have not been able to get reply to everyone. However, check the BBK Comments page to see if your comments have been selected for inclusion.

In the 'Knightmare Knews' Section...

- Four Knews Items
Hugo Myatt on BBC TWO, 'Knightmare' on Robot Wars (!), and a plug for this website and Tommy Boyd on talkSPORT. Also two new pictures from Hugo Myatt's appearance on ChuckleVision a few months ago.

In the 'Series' Section...

- Knightmare on Teletext
A separate page has been added with details of the various Knightmare adventure games featured on Teletext over the years. Thanks to Phil Colvin for most of new the information.

In the 'Pictures' Section...

- Anglia Television Building
A picture of the Anglia Television building in Norwich, where Knightmare was filmed! Picture © Adam Battersby

In the 'Clips' Section...

A visitor to this site has created this MIDI sound file of the Knightmare theme tune. Thanks!

In the 'Knightmare Adventurers Club' Section...

- Knightmare Badge I
- Knightmare Badge II
Scans of the two editions of the Knightmare badges, sent to fans, contestants and club members over the years. Badge I features the original Life Force symbol, and Badge II is more recent, featuring the Frightknight symbol.

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Merchandise Details
Some text added to the main Reviews page with details of the various Knightmare merchandise over the years. Includes two new scans of merchandise advertisements.

Quick Link...

Jonathan Harris - a recent contestant on the Interactive Knightmare RPG has produced a website based on his team's quest (which included myself), and also details on a RPG game he is working on. Take a look...

[Site now closed]

In the 'Series' Section...

- Series 8 1994 Guide : 200 new pictures and 15 new audio/video clips 
As always... if you spot any errors, please let me know so I can correct it.

Also - members from the two winning teams from Series 7 recently signed the Guestbook with some interesting comments. As I result, I have added their entries to the Series 7 Teams (Page 2).

In the 'Knightmare on Children's ITV' Section...

- CITV 1994
A new page looking at CITV in 1994, to co-inside with the launch of the Series 8 Guide. Includes a couple of video clips of trailers for Knightmare.

Also - Jason Jandu, who won a Children's ITV Knightmare competition on 'Glen Kinsey's Summer Mornings' show in 1991, has signed the Guestbook, and I have added his entry on to the main Children's ITV page.

In the 'Audio and Video Clips' Section...

The Audio and Video Clips Section has been re-designed. Each clip now comes with a short description, making it easier to identify which each clip contains. 

Added also is and index of all the clips in the Series 8 1994 section, if you fancy just downloading those straight away.

In the 'Reviews' Section...

- Commodore 64 Game Cover
Jake Ash was recently browsing his local computer shop, and came across an old Commodore 64 Knightmare game for sale at £1.50. He has scanned the cover for us and provided the text from the cover.

In the 'Pictures' Section...

- 6 Pictures
Thanks again to Sidriss Starshine who has sent me six more pictures from 'Look In' magazine, when they did a preview article at the start of the Series 7 season.

In the 'TES - Bring Back Knightmare' Section...

- Petition Total
- Twelve BBK Comments

Knightmare Interactive RPG Knews...

The Knightmare Interactive RPG has been moved earlier to 7.30pm, but still on Sunday evenings. Hopefully this change of time will allow for a longer chat session after the RPG finishes (after around 60 minutes).

The log from the first RPG session of this season is now available, complete with pictures used:
- RPG Log : Session 1 - 03.09.00

Knightmare Chat Knews...

The following only concerns people who access the chat room via an IRC Client:

We have moved IRC server to knightmare.homeip.net, so please change your client settings. This server is better as it is less busy and you are more likely to be able to use the Nickname you want without being told it is already in use by someone else! MIDI Request...

If anyone out there is clued up on creating MIDI sound files, and would be able to construct a MIDI of the Knightmare theme, please get in touch.

The RPG Returns!

Adam Battersby will be hosting Season Two of the live Interactive Knightmare RPG will commence from Sunday 3rd September at 8pm, and then every Sunday at the same time (except 10th September).

If you are interested in taking part in the RPG or just watching the game as it happens, please read More RPG Information for full details. You can Enter Interactive Knightmare to have a look at (or enter) the new Chat and RPG interface. Many thanks to Forester for designing this.

In TES - Bring Back Knightmare Section...

- Response from Sky
- Petition Total
- Two BBK Comments

In the Pictures Section...

- Behind the Scenes - Series 5 Winners
Many thanks to Ray Lockton, one of the advisors from the winning team of series 5 for sending me these six pictures, taken behind the scenes when they were given a studio tour after their quest. 

In the Clips Section...

Many thanks to Ciaran who has improved the quality of the MP3 files of the Knightmare theme, by 'restoring them to a generic equalisation, with much better quality and no hiss or subsonic rumble'. If you wish to download then, go to the Clips page.

On the Children's ITV (1987) Page...

Over the last couple of updates, I have put up some Knightmare publicity pictures taken from 'Look In' magazine which Sidriss Starshine sent to me. On going through some of my old video tapes last week, I noticed an advert for this magazine which was shown just before Children's ITV on one afternoon in 1987.

I have made a RealMedia video clip of this, along with some screen-shots. Also includes an old advert for 'Oracle Teletext'. So if you fancy a trip back to '87, take a look at the Children's ITV 1987 for more details!

On the Children's ITV (1989) Page...

Neil Jones has sent me an audio clip of a plug for the second Knightmare book - 'The Labyrinths of Fear' after episode 12 of series 3 of Knightmare. See Children's ITV 1989.

Some Links...

Visit Sidriss Starshine's website (Galadriel's Glen) at:
http://www.warrinerd.freeserve.co.uk

On the Knews Page

- Two Knightmare Knews pieces regarding Hugo Myatt (Treguard) and Iona Kennedy (Sidriss).

In the Pictures Section...

- Sidriss and Hordriss
Thanks to Sidriss Starshine for another picture from 'Look In' magazine.

In TES - Bring Back Knightmare Section...

- Response from Channel 5
- Petition Total
- Two BBK Comments

In No Particular Section...

- Knightmare Desktop Theme (Part II) - Icons for Windows
Adam Battersby has produced another set of mouse cursors for your enjoyment. The set-up instructions are exactly the same as last time:

You need to download the Zip file below, extract (un-zip) it using WinZip (download evaluation version free from http://www.winzip.com). Then, before you do anything else, read the README.TXT file that appears along with the icon files for full instructions.

Click here to download

Any problems? Please e-mail Adam (see the README file for contact details, or e-mail me). Any feedback or reports of problems would be appreciated. 

RPG Knews...

Adam Battersby is preparing the scripts for season 2 of 'Knightmare the RPG'. For those of you who are unaware, this is a text-based role-playing game played live in the chat room, where Adam plays Treguard (the host) and up to two other chat room visitors are the players. It previously ran in October-November last year (click here to see the logs) and will be back soon.

Adam is looking for a helper (like someone to play a role similar to Pickle or Majida) in the RPG, who will be given advance information on the scripts so they know what to say. And just for the record... this update marks 1000 petition entries on the Bring Back Knightmare campaign, 100 subscribers to the mailing list and over 30,000 hits to this site!

In the Reviews Section...

- 'There's no disguising the fact it's David'
Article from the Wisbech Standard about David 'Pickle' Learner (1994). 
Thanks to Sidriss Starshine for submitting this to me.

In the Pictures Section...

- Anthony Donavan
Wearing the VActor mask, used to create the mouth movements of the Brollachan 
(Series 7 : 1993). For more information on the VActor technology, visit Televirtual.

- Raptor
Colour picture of Cliff Barry : (Series 7 : 1993)

Both pictures were taken from the children's magazine - 'Look In', which dedicated a double page spread to the new characters for Series 5 and 7. Anyone know if this publication is still going?. Thanks again to Sidriss Starshine for both pictures!

In the Series Section...

- Two screen-shots from Sci-Fi Channel continuity on the main Series page

In TES - Bring Back Knightmare Section...

- Four BBK Comments
- Petition Total

In No Particular Section...

- Knightmare Desktop Theme (Part I) - Mouse Cursors for Windows 95/98
Yes! Adam Battersby has been working hard at creating these Knightmare-themed mouse cursors, and Part 1 of these is now available for you to download... FREE!

You need to download the Zip file below, extract (un-zip) it using WinZip (download evaluation version free from http://www.winzip.com). Then, before you do anything else, read the README.TXT file that appears along with the cursor files for full instructions. 

-  Download kdtt_p1.zip

Any problems? Please e-mail Adam (see the 'readme' file for contact details, or e-mail me). Any feedback or reports of problems would be appreciated. Hopefully there will be more cursors and icons to come. 

I don't know when the next update will be - so please join my mailing list below and I will let you know when it happens. Thank you for your continuing interest!

Series Guides

- Series 7 1993 Guide : 200 new pictures and 16 new audio/video clips (8MB)

Children's ITV

- CITV 1993 : Some stuff from this era and a video clip of an ident.

The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare

- Two BBK Comments
- Petition Total

News Pictures from Anglia Television

You know the pictures that TV companies send to listings magazines/newspapers for publicity purposes? Stuart Landreth got hold of a couple some time ago, and has kindly sent them to me so I can put them up on the site.
- Cedric 1988
- Hordriss 1991

Can I just say a quick thanks to Neil, Alex and Anton who pointed out some mistakes in the new 'improved' series guides from the last update, which have now been corrected. If anyone else finds any more, however minor, please let me know.

I don't know when the next update will be - so please join my mailing list below and I will let you know when it happens.

CLIPS - 124 NEW or IMPROVED clips

A new index with links to ALL audio and video clips available throught this site (around 180), with all the new ones clearly marked. 

You now find out more information about each clip (in RealPlayer) by going to the HELP menu and selecting 'About this Presentation'. For further background information on each clip, please refer to the appropriate pages in the new updated SERIES GUIDES.

SERIES GUIDES

All Series Guides (1-6) have been updated with new information, particularly on the TEAM pages. Includes new links to all the new clips spread out throughout the pages, except they are not marked so I would advise you to download them from the CLIPS page.

Bring Back Knightmare

Numerous pages updated, including more responses from TV channels and YOUR comments!

Children's ITV 1987/1988

New information and two new clips added from Neil Jones. These are quite interesting since they are taken from just before the first ever episode of Knightmare in September 1987. These can also be downloaded from the CLIPS page.

New site stats to interest you:

- 1517 / 14MB Picture files
- 422 / 8MB HTML Pages
- 177 / 38MB of Audio/Video Clips

Also - the pages dedicated to the last ever episode of Knightmare (which were originally added back in October to mark 5 years since the event) have been removed. They will be integrated into the new series 8 section which will be available sometime in the near future.

The site overhaul is taking slightly longer then I estimated, and unfortunately the new updated series guides and clips will not be ready until next week. At the same time, I am updating the many other pages and the general site structure.

There will be major updates coming in June, not only the new series 7 and 8 guides, but first - a major overhaul of the clips and all the series guides, making corrections to mistakes here and there (yes, there are some!).

As from Monday 29th May, ALL series sound and video clips will be deleted off the server while I re-organise them. I will be gradually restoring new higher quality clips in series order, however I cannot guarantee to restore every clip.

I plan to have fewer clips, but higher quality ones due to space restrictions. So if you have been meaning to download particular clips but have not yet got around it for whatever reason, I would advise you to download them now as they may not be available after 29th May.

The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare Campaign Knews

The Petition is going very well. 688 people have now signed it. 
Get everyone you know to sign it at www.knightmare.clara.net/tes/petition.htm

You may also be interested in joining the BBK eGroup. You can subscribe and post to group using an e-mail account, or directly from the eGroups website.

To subscribe, visit www.egroups.com/group/bbk1

The BBK eGroup is owned by Alan Boyd and Paul McIntosh, and is moderated by myself and Adam Burrows.

Anton Benson's 'KM' (Unofficial Knightmare Magazine, 1995)
- Issues 2 and 3

Two new series 5 castle location pictures from Jason Nankoo
- Bodiam Castle, East Sussex (Smirkenorff's landing in series 5)
- Bodiam Castle, Wellway

The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare

- Response from Channel 4
- New petition total
- Three new BBK comments

The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare

- New contact details for TV channels
- Responses from BBC, ITV and Channel 5
- Petition entries total so far

Have your say on BBK

- Two new comments

Knightmare - Children's ITV

- Pages amended updated with some new information on when different presenters appeared. Thanks to Lain Bell for this info.

Knightmare on Kellyvision (1988)

- Improved RealMedia video file of Kellyvision's look behind the scenes of Knightmare (Smoother running video, sound not good because the tape was poor)

Tim Child on Take Two (1991)

- Again, an improved RealMedia video file

Knightmare the RPG: Past Logs

- Moved to this new location

The chat room RPG game (hosted by Adam Battersby) will be back soon. Watch this space for more details.  This time, instead of just a text-based game, it will use a new 'Magic Mirror' chat window, programmed by Forester. This allows images and sound to be used throughout an RPG session. If you would like to have a look at the interface, click here (it will also connect you to the chat server, so will take a while to load). 

New Guestbook

- Old Guestbook messages are still available there.

Apologies for the lack of updates recently. I'm afraid there will be no major updates until I have more spare time.  I hope to be re-organising the clips section with new and improved video one day!. In the meantime, if you haven't done already, join the announcement list (above) and I'll let you know when it happens.

Bring Back Knightmare Knews

Thanks to everyone who has signed the BBK petition. The total now stands at 176, but we still need many more! Remember, you can ask other people if you can submit an entry on their behalf. 

E-mail everyone you know, tell your friends... anyone in fact. 
Just ask them to visit www.knightmare.clara.net/tes/petition.htm soon!

Have your say on BBK

Six new comments

Knew Links

If the links do not work, please try again later:

http://members.xoom.com/Loogaroo/gameshow/rules/knightmare.html - Tim Connolly's review of Knightmare

http://nktp.cjb.net - Neil Jones's site containing 'The Knightmare Trading Post' - If you want episodes of Knightmare or if you want to offer your services to supply other persons with episodes of Knightmare.

Also on that site - A great fantasy Knightmare script looking at what Knightmare might be like if it came back on CITV today, featuring four regular Knightmare chat users (Alex, Neil, Nicholas and Andrew).

JUST ADDED: Part II:

"Will Alex, Neil, Nicholas and Andrew do it? Will they be portrayed in the Knightmare Hall of Fame for all time, or will they just become faces in the crowd of people who fell during the Knightmare quest? Remember, it's only a game... isn't it"??

http://www.maydon.fsnet.co.uk - Ben Maydon's 'Pooka Times' site is now at this new address.

Thanks again to Jason Nankoo for sending the following pictures
from the English Heritage Visitors' Handbook (1999-2000):

Seen on a Smirkenorff flight sequence in series 5: Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset
Level 2 landing in series 5: Camber Castle, East Sussex

Thanks to Richard Howse, dungeoneer of the first team of series 8 for writing the following documents:

Knightmare - The Audition
Knightmare - The Filming

Check out the team photo of Richard's team, taken in the studio at: 
http://www.r11x.demon.co.uk/knightmare.html

Five new Bring Back Knightmare comments

Bring Back Knightmare UPDATE

Keep those Petition Entries coming! 
I will update you on how many entries we have in the next update.

And don't forget - if you write to a TV channel, please let us know what reply you get!

Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe (France's version of Knightmare)
Photos, pictures and information from the press conference information pack, September 1990

The Eye Shield's Bring Back Knightmare - here at last!

Thanks to Jason Nankoo for sending the following:

from the English Heritage Visitors' Handbook (1999-2000):

The 'Ruins of Dungarth' from series 4: Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk
The 'Fortress of Doom' from series 4: Castle Rising, Norfolk (Front)

and the same castle from Journeys into Medieval England: Castle Rising, Norfolk (Stairs)

Knightmare - The Mini Quest - Week 2

This is will probably be the last major update for a bit while I am busy with other things. The series 7 section should be ready by Easter. Between now and then I will be working on the general re-formatting of the existing series sections, including a re-organisation of the clips, and all video clips being re-recorded at higher quality.

KNEWS

 Hugo Myatt (Treguard) will be on ChuckleVision this week, playing a vampire! (16 February 2000)

'Paul and Barry enter the Transylvanian garlic-hunting competition and stay in a scary castle'

ChuckleVision - Wednesdays on CBBC ONE

Take part in Knightmare - 'The Mini Quest'

This is being run by Adam Battersby, and is an RPG on a website

'The Eye Shield - Bring Back Knightmare' section was due to be launched today, but has been postponed while we finalise a few details. We want to make sure that all the plans are going to be effective and realistically possible, otherwise there is little point in going ahead with them. The section will be launched soon.

The Eye Shield - Issue 9 (December 1997)
Thanks to Jake Collins

Anton Benson recently told me that Hugo Myatt (Treguard) will be appearing
in a forthcoming episode of 'Chucklevision' on CBBC, but we're not sure which episode

If you want to look out for that, its on every Wednesday at 15.50 on CBBC ONE

Knightmare Computer Game by Activision

The Complete Solution by Nicholas Campbell

Its here at last! - Series 6 1992 section with nearly 180+ new images and 18 new RealMedia files

Also the CITV 1992 page to compliment it

CITV 1987/88 page updated with colour images replacing the black and white ones from 1988

See you in 2000!

20 December 1999

- Knightmare: The Valley of Dreaming - Story by Andrew Buckley
- Missing gaps filled in Series 3 Teams 10&11 Series 4 Team 4 and Series 5 Teams 5&6
- Three more BBK comments!
- Major update coming next week

13 December 1999

- Four more BBK comments!

6 December 1999

- Two more BBK comments!

Sorry about the lack of updates recently - I have been quite busy with other commitments, but expect major updates just before the end of the year as I am working on the series sections and various other bits.

Don't forget to visit Adam Battersby's Chat RPG site and enter the Chat RPG Season 2 Competition. Full details at http://www.whitw99.freeserve.co.uk/kp/others/competit.htm
E-mail competition entries to Adam

Don't forget - Knightmare Chat - Sundays from 8pm

29 November 1999

- FIVE more BBK comments!

- Guestbook has been reset, and all messages July - November are here

22 November 1999

Update to Children's ITV 1987/88 with video snaps and sound clips of Treguard announcing a competition, and the presenter talking to the first ever winning dungeoneer. Thanks to Adam Battersby for these.

FIVE more BBK comments!

Adam Battersby (chat RPG script writer and host) has set up a website with info about it:
www.whitw99.freeserve.co.uk

18 November 1999

5 years to the day of the last episode of Knightmare in 1994

Here it is then. Four packed pages covering the last episode, along with 6 new sound clips

[NO LONGER AVAILABLE - SEE SERIES 8 1994]

Also within that section I have two special photos of the FrightKnight trophy. If you can't wait, you can use these links:

FrightKnight Trophy
Alan Boyd with FrightKnight Trophy

Thanks to Alan Boyd for these photos. Alan was part of the winning team of series 8, which also featured in the last episode.

Chat Knews: The text based Knightmare chat RPG game was quite a success, but the greater game needs to become greater! At the end of season 1, we saw 1 team win, and 4 teams lose. A new game is forming though. Will you be there to see it? The Knightmare game will be hosted on Adam's website. A date for this will be arranged soon, but there will be no chat RPG this Saturday to give us a well-deserved break!

15 November 1999

Last Saturday's Chat RPG News: Well, <Jon> and <Nicholas> sort of died in level 1. After picking up a red stone, they got seriously stuck on the riddles and gave up. The next dungeoneer was <Fear> (aka Tim Child) who also died in level 1 after stepping on the wrong colour on the causeway puzzle. For the full details, see the transcript.

Chat RPG Transcript: Sat 13 November

FOUR more BBK comments!

11 November 1999

I'd like to congratulate the <Michael> and <Forester> team for being the first to win the Knightmare Chat RPG last Saturday. Their names have been added to the virtual scroll of honour and certificates have been sent by dragon mail!

The current team in progress are <Jon> and <Nicholas> who are in level 1 in a puzzle room. To find out what happens next, enter the chat room on Saturday from 7pm. I am pleased to announce that Knightmare's Producer Tim Child will be the next contestant, so make sure you are there as well to watch.

Chat RPG Transcript: Sat 6 November

A couple of Knews items

Knightmare Mug Picture 1 Picture 2 (Thanks to Alan Boyd for these)

1 November 1999

Next Chat Game - Saturday 6th November - 7pm

Last Saturday's chat game involved a team for the first time. 'Michael' was joined by 'Forester' and they are currently on level 2. The session ended at 8.30pm as usual and will continue this Saturday at 7pm.

Updates

Chat Game Transcript: Sat 30 October

Knews - Knightmare on '40 Years of Anglia'

Two more BBK comments

FAQ Update - v1.1

I've been cleaning up the Series 2 section by adding and amending bits here and there.
You can take a look, but you'll probably won't notice very much difference as it appears mostly the same.

Just a quick note to inform you that because Bravenet are moving to new servers over the next couple of weeks, the Forum and Votecasters will at some point be unavailable for a short while (links are on the main front page). If they are unavailable, please try again later.

Also just to let you all know that CITV has just launched its website. If you are at all interested its at www.citv.co.uk

25 October 1999

Thanks to everyone who turned up to watch Saturday's chat game session. Dungeoneer Anton continued his quest in level 2 from the week before, but died shortly after later in the level for not answering enough riddles correct. The next dungeoneer was 'Forester', who reached level 2 but also died there for the same reasons. The session ended at 8.30pm (which happened to be the same time 'Forester' died).

If you missed the last two sessions, you can read a transcript by clicking the links below.
There will be a brand new game on Saturday 30th October from 7pm

Appeal for (page no-longer available) for the chat game

Chat Game Transcripts: Sat 16 October Sat 23 October

Frequently Asked Questions - Version 1.0. An FAQ written by me :)

Thanks to Philip Alderman for typing up and sending me two magazine reviews of the Knightmare computer games. Both are for the Atari ST. Just a quck summary: There were 2 computer games. The first was in 1988 for the Spectrum and Atari. The second was in 1992 for the Spectrum and Atari. Of course, as I had a PC neither were any use to me!

Atari ST User - 1988
Atari ST Action - 1992

18 October 1999

Apologies if you missed the chat game on Saturday. It was moved back an hour at the last minute. Anton Benson is the current dungeoneer and has reached level 2. 'Time out' occurred at 7.50pm and the game will continue next Saturday (23 October) from 7pm not 8pm.

If you wish to watch: You are welcome to come in to see the game in progress, but please read (page no-longer available) first
If you wish to take part in a future session: Please read the (page no-longer available) for full details

Updates

One more BBK comment

Chat game information has been simplified. The links are above.

Two Shockwave clips to advertise the Knightmare Chat Game (thanks to Adam Battersby for these)

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You need the Shockwave plug into view them, available from http://www.macromedia.com

Don't forget to visit The Pooka Times page (address now changed)

11 October 1999

I now have it confirmed that Series 1 & 2 were shown on Monday afternoons. Thanks to everyone who responded.

Do you want to take part in a live interactive adventure game (in the chat room)?
(page no-longer available)

One more BBK comment

The producer of Knightmare is thinking about holding a Knightmare Millennium Party and RPG weekend in a dungeon sometime next year, and would like to know your thoughts on this. Please do this on the thread in the Discussion Forum.

And finally, a reminder of Anton Benson's Knightmare Magazine (KM). He would really like any contributions/ideas/letters/suggestions for his forthcoming new internet issue. Please help out in any way you can by completing the form in the KM section.

4 October 1999

'The Eye Shield' September 1997 - Issue 8 - by Paul McIntosh

Broadsword Interactive Limited has moved to http://www.broadsword.co.uk

- designs and produces computer software for the computer and console games industry, screen savers, web design and 3D modelled illustrations for the advertising sector. Previously an off-shoot of Broadsword TV, but now independent.

Two more BBK comments

Your responses to my question about the chat room indicates the majority of you would prefer to chat on Sunday evenings. The first 'Knightmare Chat' will therefore be on Sunday 10th October from 8pm. If all goes well, I will advertise another day and time in the next update on Monday 11th. See you there!

More details soon on how to take part in a live interactive adventure game (in the chat room), which is being written by Adam Battersby.

Answers to the rest of my questions:

There was another Knightmare Teletext game in the late 80s (before the 'Bamboozle' one). ITV Oracle (as it was known then) used the entire adventure game section from the first Knightmare book - 'Can you beat the challenge?' on their pages. They didn't make full use of the Teletext functions (probably no use of the 'reveal' button), so you had to go to another page to see if your answers were correct, and even then they had the answers to all the other riddles on that same page! Thanks to Nick Gates for this info.

20 September 1999

Knews: Look out for Cliff Barry (Lissard) who will be appearing in Red Dwarf VIII playing a guard, which is currently being repeated on BBC 2. Thanks to Ben Maydon for this information.

The Series 1 section has been completed with the rest of the series
5 new pages (pages 8-12) and 10 new video clips

Series 1 Page 8

Two more BBK comments

13 September 1999

- Anton Benson's 'KM' fanzine Issue 1 now available
- One more BBK comment
- New e-mail form
- New Knightmare Votecaster II with 10 new questions

6 September 1999

Knews: Iona Kennedy (Sidriss) featured on The Bill on the 1st September. She played Mrs Lee. Thanks to Daniel Pridham for this information

Series 2 Teams page has been updated with information from the first two episodes and
7 new clips, which are marked with an asterisx (*). Thanks to Danny Reeves for this.

If you haven't already voted in The Knightmare Votecaster then please do so now!

Thanks to all those who have voted and sent in questions for the next vote.

Three more BBK comments

30 August 1999

'The History of Knightmare' Part Four - The Day the Dungeon Died
written by Knightmare's Producer Tim Child

It is gripping and compulsive reading.

New Children's ITV section: all the presenters, guest appearances and other information

The Knightmare Votecaster - Vote for your favourite series, characters, wall monsters...

I would be grateful for any more ideas for voting questions, along with up to 10 possible answers.

23 August 1999

- A brand new section for Series 5 1991
- Includes 180+ new video snaps and 20+ new RealMedia clips
- Outside the Dungeon Walls - A Fan's History of Knightmare by Phil Colvin
- Three more BBK comments
- New Discussion Forum - Be one of the first to get involved!

16 August 1999

Knews: Lord Fear is back from America and has returned to working at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.

Tim Child, Producer of Knightmare has confirmed that no team died in the first room of Series 4 (the spinning disc choice).

Another exclusive!

'The History of Knightmare' Part Three - Dragons and Villains
written by Knightmare's Producer Tim Child

Read it - It explains the exact reasons why Knightmare had to change over the eight years

Also one more wonderful BBK comment

The new Series 5 section is done, and should be up by next week once I sort out some more webspace. Also coming is a new Children's ITV section and a discussion forum as soon as it decides to work.

I am also doing my best to restore the RealMedia files of the entire episodes, but all my attempts so far have failed.

9 August 1999

- Alex Smith as kindly provided a description of episode 13 of series 3 including 2 brand new sound clips
- These have been added to Series 3 Teams (Page 2)
- Also four more BBK comments

2 August 1999

KM - Unofficial Knightmare Magazine by Anton Benson

Three more BBK comments

The final two editions of 'The Quest':

Volume 4 - Number 1 (Autumn 1994)

Front Page: Knightmare - The New Series
Editorial: Cadrighan the Chronicler breaks the news on the demise of Knightmare
Lord Fear's Diary: and Smirk with Smirkenorff
Dungeoneers & Dragons: An interview with two of the teams from Series 8
Snapper Jack: Interview, with your letters
Stilletta: Another Interview

The Last Edition (Summer 1995)

Front Page: Nine years of Knightmare
Dunshelm Diary: Cadrighan the Chronicler talks about life in Dunshelm castle
Lord Fear's Diary: The life of an immortal plus Smirk with Smirkenorff
The Sword of The Sorcerer: A details look at a possible Knightmare replacement
Letters: This one expresses a lot of people's opinions. You've got to read this one!
Sly Hands: His new year resolutions and Through the Eyeshield.

26 July 1999

- A brand new section for Series 4 1990
- Includes 150+ new video snaps and 20+ new RealMedia clips

20 July 1999

Issue 3-2 (Spring 1994) of 'The Quest'

Front Page: A picture of Smirkenorf
Editorial: Your new editor and 'Through the Eyeshield'
Lord Fear's Diary: and letters
Top Trumps: Another sample
A Dungeoneer Reveals All!: Interview with Barry, the Dungeoneer from Winning Team Series VII..
Sylvester Hands' Creepy Cookery: and a letter from Barry

17 July 1999

Issue 3-1 (Winter 1993) of 'The Quest'

Front Page: "Well, by now you will be well and truly stuck into the new series"
Knightmare Knews: What happened to Pickle and Cliff Barry's Secrets
Lord Fear's Diary: And floor puzzles
Top Trumps: A sample
The True Story: What's it really like to appear on Knightmare?
Dungeoneer's Diary: Straight from the studio and the Ghouls Gallery

There are some additions to the Series 2 section including a couple of new clips:
Thanks to Peter Lee and Nick Gates

Information on the first winning team
Additions to the team page one

The two new clips are on those two updated pages, one is of the winning team and the other is of Mogdred.

Two more BBK comments

Again, there were 2 updates last weekend, so you may have missed the one on the 11th (Sunday):

11 July 1999

- Knightmare Computer Game Demo - How to play it on your PC
- Another BBK comment

10 July 1999

- Behind the scenes at Knightmare on